Superwolf

Superwolf
Studio album by
Bonnie "Prince" Billy and Matt Sweeney
ReleasedJanuary 25, 2005 (2005-01-25)
Length43:53
LabelDrag City
ProducersPaul Oldham, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Matt Sweeney
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy chronology
Sings Greatest Palace Music
(2004)		 Superwolf
(2005)		 The Brave and the Bold
(2006)

Superwolf is a 2005 collaborative studio album by Bonnie "Prince" Billy and Matt Sweeney. It was released on Drag City.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic80/100
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStar
Cokemachineglow84%
Dotmusic8/10
PasteStarStarStarStar
Pitchfork8.4/10
MojoStarStarStarHalf star
QStarStarStarStar
Tiny Mix TapesStarStarStarStar
Uncut8/10
Under the Radar8/10

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 80, based on 17 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Pitchfork placed the album at number 21 on the "Top 50 Albums of 2005" list.

In 2007, Spin included Bonnie "Prince" Billy and Matt Sweeney on the "Rock's 25 Greatest Team-ups" list.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Will Oldham; all music is composed by Matt Sweeney.

No.TitleLength
1."My Home Is the Sea"5:49
2."Beast for Thee"3:41
3."What Are You?"2:38
4."Goat and Ram"5:15
5."Lift Us Up"2:56
6."Rudy Foolish"4:12
7."Bed Is for Sleeping"2:56
8."Only Someone Running"3:13
9."Death in the Sea"2:38
10."Blood Embrace"7:57
11."I Gave You"2:38

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Charts

Chart Peak
position
French Albums (SNEP)191

References

  1. 1 2 "Superwolf by Bonnie "Prince" Billy and Matt Sweeney". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
  2. ↑ Deming, Mark. "Superwolf - Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Matt Sweeney". AllMusic. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
  3. ↑ Hepburn, Peter (January 19, 2005). "Bonnie "Prince" Billy and Matt Sweeney - Superwolf". Cokemachineglow. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
  4. ↑ Nine, Jennifer (January 26, 2005). "Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - 'Superwolf'". Dotmusic. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
  5. ↑ Superwolf is Americana at its most grim. [Apr/May 2005, p.134]
  6. ↑ Petrusich, Amanda (January 31, 2005). "Bonnie "Prince" Billy and Matt Sweeney: Superwolf". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
  7. ↑ Superwolf's arrangements are pretty raw and understated--under-rehearsed, even--but for the better. [Feb 2005, p.102]
  8. ↑ Has the evocative tang of something ancient and the folk-rock idiom of the modern age. [Feb 2005, p.103]
  9. ↑ "Bonnie "Prince" Billy". Tiny Mix Tapes. May 1, 2006. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
  10. ↑ In this lunar setting, Oldham's visionary, spooked words are lit up with renewed clarity. [Feb 2005, p.78]
  11. ↑ Superwolf is simultaneously bleak and tender, the kind of album to reveal itself in layers over time. [#9]
  12. ↑ "Top 50 Albums of 2005 (3/5)". Pitchfork. December 31, 2005. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
  13. ↑ "Rock's 25 Greatest Team-ups". Spin: 55–59. April 2007.
  14. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Matt Sweeney %2F Bonnie %27Prince%27 Billy – Superwolf". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 1, 2018.